Apalachin vs Owego

A side-by-side comparison of Apalachin and Owego: population, income, housing, and more.

Apalachin and Owego are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Owego has the higher population (3,823 vs 2,076 in Apalachin). Apalachin has the higher median household income ($79,919 vs $57,240 in Owego). Apalachin has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $143,000 in Owego).

Population, income & housing

	Apalachin	Owego
Population	2,076	3,823
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,919	$57,240
Median home value	$160,800	$143,000
Median gross rent	$871	$918
Housing units	904	1,872
Homeownership rate	82.1%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apalachin	Owego
Population	1,037 → 2,076 (+100.2%)	3,829 → 3,823 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$60,369 → $79,919 (+32.4%)	$45,568 → $57,240 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $160,800 (+20.7%)	$95,100 → $143,000 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $871 (+18.8%)	$706 → $918 (+30.0%)

Apalachin

Population

1,0372,076

Median household income

$60,369$79,919

Median home value

$133,200$160,800

Median gross rent

$733$871

Owego

Population

3,8293,823

Median household income

$45,568$57,240

Median home value

$95,100$143,000

Median gross rent

$706$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apalachin	Owego
Under 5	4.9%	9.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.4%
75 and over	5.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apalachin	Owego
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apalachin	Owego
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	22.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apalachin	Owego
Drove alone	74.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.2%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apalachin	Owego
1-unit, detached	87.5%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	36.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.1%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Apalachin	Owego
Poverty rate	14.5%	26.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1967	1938